Break syndical

by Les Cowboys Fringants

Break syndical cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 March 2002
  • Label: La Tribu
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 50:36
  • Community rating: 3.71/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Karl Tremblay, Marie-Annick Lépine, Dominique Lebeau, Jérôme Dupras

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Les Cowboys Fringants' 'Break syndical' channels Quebec folk rock into explicit protest, its chansons attacking union sellouts and consumer culture in joual French. It made the band the leading voice of a new, politicised Quebecois folk movement.

Genres

Descriptors: protest, political, rhythmic, acoustic, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. En berne (4:08)
  2. La Tête à Papineau (4:30)
  3. Toune d’automne (3:34)
  4. Heavy Metal (3:40)
  5. La Manifestation (3:21)
  6. Break syndical (2:45)
  7. L’hiver approche (5:23)
  8. À’ polyvalente (1:12)
  9. La Noce (3:56)
  10. Quand je r’garde (1:52)
  11. Mon chum Rémi (4:00)
  12. Salut mon Ron (4:05)
  13. Joyeux calvaire ! (3:17)
  14. Ruelle Laurier/Toune cachée (4:47)

Credits

  • Jérôme Dupras - bass, backing vocals [chÅ“urs], background vocals vocal
  • Dominique Lebeau - drums, cymbal, ocarina, xylophone, other [pleins de cossins], vocals, written-by, piano [la toune cachée], music by, drums (drum set), vocal
  • Vincent Gagnon - euphonium, trombone
  • Jean-François Pauzé - guitar [guitares], vocals, harmonica, other [niaiseries], written-by, lyrics by, music by, guitar, misc, vocal
  • Steve Bergeron - guitar [solo]
  • Karl Tremblay - lead vocals, written-by, lead vocals vocal
  • Marie-Annick Lépine - violin, cello, mandolin, accordion, piano, synthesizer, vocals, music by, arranged by [strings], written-by, vocal

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